Ranking college football’s second-year starting QBs by likelihood of their play taking a leap in 2024

Not all “second-year starting quarterbacks” are created equal in college football, not in this zany landscape. Some are 19 years old. Others have been over the legal drinking age for a year now. But we’re a sucker for categories, and following a recent look at which true freshmen are most likely to play Year 1, we wanted to offer up our take on which second-year starting quarterbacks are most likely to take a leap. 

Because we knew our list would be a lot more fun with some of the darling Class of 2023 quarterback prospects — such as Nico Iamaleava and Jackson Arnold — we made some rules for our list. 

A player needed to start at least one game last seasonIt does not matter if the player is on the first year with his program, as long as he started for somebody last yearSophomores who did not start last season but will this year (like Malachi Nelson at Boise State) were omitted because they are not “second-year starters,” by the letter of the law. 

As for how we sort this list: In some ways it’s a ranking of a baker’s dozen list of second-year quarterbacks, but the prompt we’re trying to execute is guessing which quarterback is most likely to elevate their game to program-altering status.  

Probably not

13. Luke Altmyer, Illinois

Somebody’s got to kick things off and if we can keep things in perspective: Altmyer may be last on this list, but he’s still a starting quarterback in a marquee conference. 

Altmyer transferred from Ole Miss before the 2023 season and took over the starting job in Champaign. He disappointed, tossing 10 interceptions with a 4-5 in the games in played in. Illinois fared better with backup John Paddock at the helm, but he’s gone. Altmyer needs to continue strengthening his arm and…

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Author : Clint Brewster

Publish date : 2024-06-09 14:38:44

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